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Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the…Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the…
Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by James Young for Thomas Underhill, 1647
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12. They are necessary in regard of others. Matth. 5. 17. Let your 1light shine before men. He doth not there encourage vain-glory, but he propounds the true end of our visible holiness; for godliness, being light, it ought not to be under a bushel. Hence, both in the Tabernacle and Temple, the light was placed in the midst; and it ought to extend to others, that hereby they may glorify God in heaven: As, when we see an excellent picture, we do not praise that so much, as the Artificer who made it. We ought so to walk, that men should glorify God, who hath made us so heavenly, so humble, so mortified. Hierome said of Austin, that he did diligere Christum habitantem in Augustino; so ought we to walk, that others may love Christ dwelling in us. 1 Pet. 3. 1. it's an exhortation to wives, so to walk, that their husbands may be won to the Lord. Thou prayest for thy husband in a carnal condition, thou wouldst have him go hear such a Minister, and such Sermons; see that thy life also may convert him. The Apostle by the phrase, without the word, meaneth the public ⟨p. 47⟩preaching; so that the wives life may preach to him all the day: and that same phrase, [Greek or Hebrew], doth imply, 1. the great price that every mans soul is worth; 2. the delight that they ought to take in converting of others, even the same that merchants do in their trade.
12. They are necessary in regard of others. Matth. 5. 17. Let your 1light shine before men. Hee doth not there encourage vain-glory, but he propounds the true end of our visible holinesse; for godlinesse, being light, it ought not to be under a bushell. Hence, both in the Tabernacle and Temple, the light was placed in the midst; and it ought to extend to others, that hereby they may glorifie God in heaven: As, when we see an excellent picture, we doe not praise that so much, as the Artificer who made it. Wee ought so to walk, that men should glorifie God, who hath made us so heavenly, so humble, so mortified. Hierome said of Austin, that he did diligere Christum habitantem in Augustino; so ought we to walk, that others may love Christ dwelling in us.